Digital Journal – Although sports gambling is illegal in all but a few jurisdictions (e.g., Nevada, New Jersey), people are now finding ways to make money from fantasy sports. The legality of online gambling is something that seems to always be up for debate (or legislation), especially in the United States. Although online gambling is making some headway in the States, it’s still relatively rare to see it fully enacted. Of course, most European markets have allowed online gambling in one way or another for over a decade. Online casinos based in Europe are commonplace and many of those living…

Zynga has announced the departures of three top executives as new chief executive officer Don Mattrick continues to restructure the social gaming company. According to the Forbes.com business news website, chief operating officer David Ko, chief technology officer Cadir Lee and chief people officer Colleen McCreary are leaving the company. Mattrick said in a statement that the changes are being made in order to move senior executives closer to operations. “We are taking layers out of the executive rank to get senior leaders closer to important product initiatives,” Mattrick said. “With that in mind, I have asked the leaders to…

From Las Vegas Review Journal – For casinos to successfully reach their customers with players’ club rewards or special offers, it is more important these days to target them through mobile marketing instead of direct mail. Joingo LLC, a San Jose, Calif.-based technology company with offices in Las Vegas and Incline Village, has developed a mobile application menu allowing casinos to customize smartphone apps, as well as target and interact with loyalty club members. “We have a one-stop shop solution for a fragmented eco-system of apps,” said Alex Kanwetz, Joingo’s co-founder and vice president of business development. “It’s also not…

From WinTingo – Poker players know the importance of staying ahead of the rake, especially in low stakes and limit games. This is one of the reasons why rakeback rewards programmes – and the poker rooms that offer them – have become so popular. Typically the poker room pays back to players a part of the rake taken, both as a way of rewarding them for their play, and to encourage them to continue playing.   Rakeback-like rewards on casino games Now there’s a similar cashback rewards programme available on casino games. Players get cashback based on how much they…

Pokerati – Having navigated MGM Resorts International through almost four years of turbulent economic waters, Jim Murren has grown used to hearing negative comments from haters and detractors. What surprised Murren, however, were some recent vitriolic remarks directed at his company from a competing corporate office down the street. Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson used his quarterly earnings conference call to blame Caesars Entertainment Corp. and MGM Resorts for driving down hotel room rates along the Strip, thus, diminishing Adelson’s earnings in Las Vegas. Adelson claimed the industry-leading long-term debt carried by Caesars ($23.7 billion) and MGM Resorts…

iGaming Business – Details have emerged of a new app under development that will provide the first massive multi-player online game for Google Glass, the wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. The Swarm game will cast players as members of an ant colony, and they must complete daily tasks whilst being tracked by GPS data, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The consumer version of Google Glass is not expected to go on sale until the end of this year. ‘Glass has challenged developers to think about social environments in a new way,’ Columbia University’s Jonathan Lawhead, who co-designed…